Year 2
Welcome to our Year 2 online teaching.
As we are unable to set school reading books, we hope you will continue to read daily with your child as this is the single most important thing you could do.
You should all have received a log in to Bug Club reading via email. This is a great way to read new books with your child and keep them working on their reading comprehension. If you do not have this please contact us.
Please also use TT Rockstars daily to allow your child to practise their times tables and division facts. The children are set specific tables to their maths group so there may be some difference between them and their friends. Your child should be aiming to get 6 correct within 60 seconds. If they need to practise a particular times table then hit the button is perfect to play alongside.
All the activities set are aimed at a child of average ability. Feel free to tweak them to suit your child's individual needs. The activities relate to the daily zoom teaching sessions so, ideally, the children should do the activity after the lesson.
We understand that many parents will be working so please don't worry if you can't complete all the work.
Daily zoom sessions:
9.30 - 10:30 - Maths
11:00 - 12:00 - English
1.30 - 2:30 - Topic
Each lesson will consist of 20 mins teaching time and 40 mins activity time. Staff members will be available on the zoom link for the full hour to help with any problems/misunderstandings during the independent work.
Monday 5th July - instruction writing
Week commencing Monday 5th July
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Mon | Maths This week we’re going to be looking at measuring mass and length. We’ve tried to make it as practical as possible using general household items. If you do struggle to do any of the activities due to lack of resources don’t worry just let us know.
Today we’ll be looking at how we can tell the mass of items. Most food items will tell you the weight of the items. If you have kitchen scales, you can check that these measurements are correct. Remember that the packaging may be heavy so the scales may show more than what is written on the package. Independent activity – find 2 food items in your kitchen, draw a picture of them and use <, > or = to compare the mass of them. If you do not have kitchen scales then use the measurement written on the package.
English At the end of the Lighthouse Keeper’s Tea the children help Mrs Grinling make a splendiferous surfing tea. What would you make for the tea? Write instructions on how to make it. Bonus points if you can make it sea themed.
Topic Today we’ll be looking at how we stay safe around canals and what we need to be aware of when visiting these areas. Children to make a poster explaining how to stay safe around canals. |
Tues | Maths During the teaching session, we’ll be playing a treasure hunt game trying to find food items with an original mass of a given weight. Then using the adding and subtracting skills practised last week we’ll solve problems using mass.
English Listen to the new Lighthouse Keeper story– The Lighthouse Keeper’s Catastrophe up to 5:22. How do you think they could get Hamish out of the Lighthouse? Write a paragraph explaining your idea.
Topic Continuing our learning about the history of canals, we’ll be exploring the different types of bridges that you can find along the waterways. Use the information discussed to recognise and explain how they work/were built. Using the virtual tour of the Leeds and Liverpool canal, can you find any examples of the bridge types? Not all of them may be used. |
Wed | Maths Today we’ll start our work comparing length. Similarly to Monday we’ll be exploring length and comparing the length of 2 household objects. If you have a ruler or a measuring tape you can measure the items, making sure to start from 0 on the ruler rather than the end (this is an important skill). Don’t worry if you don’t have a measuring tool the activity can be done by placing the 2 items together and visually comparing them. Independent activity – find 2 household items, draw a picture of them and use <, > or = to compare the length of them.
English Listen to the rest of the Lighthouse Keeper’s Tea. If they had to wait for the Lighthouse inspectors to come. What do you think Hamish would do while he was locked in there? Write a paragraph with great verbs and adverbs describing his adventure in the lighthouse.
Topic Along canals there are lots of tunnels that were made to go through hills rather than use locks to go over them. We’ll learn about how the boats were powered to go through them as there was often no space for the horse (my class already know this as my mum told me last week). We’ll then look at the amazing engineering of aqueducts and how these were used to transport boats across valleys rather than going down and then back up hills. Children to complete aqueducts worksheet. |
Thurs | Maths During the teaching session, we’ll be recapping what units we use to measure different aspects and items. We will recap adding and subtracting skills and methods to support the children in their activity. Independent activity – Complete adding and subtracting length worksheet.
English Think about the story we read yesterday. Do you think the story would be different if the seagulls were telling the story not Mr and Mrs Grinling? Write how the story would go if told from the seagulls point of view.
Topic We’ve come to the end of our history topic and will be having a quick look at science before we go back into school. Ms Sumner’s class are a little ahead of mine so this will serve as a recap and reminder for them and I’ve included an extension activity to support their learning while at home.
Our science topic this half term is all about plants. We’re going to look at the individual parts of a plant and what they do. We’ll then go into our own gardens and see what plants we can see in our immediate area and identify their parts as different plants are made up differently. Activities:
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Fri | Maths It’s Mrs Snape’s Friday quiz day! Join us to see how well you can answer her questions. Then we’ve got 2 different sets of challenge cards for you to see how well you can answer measurement questions and solve problems. Choose a level that is appropriate for your child out of the options.
English We have read lots of different Lighthouse Keeper stories over the last few weeks. When we are back in school we are going to write our own Lighthouse Keepers story. What problems could happen to the Grinlings? Write a story mountain to plan your own Lighthouse Keeper story.
Topic Continuing to look at plants we’re going to see what plants need to grow and survive (again Ms Sumner’s class have looked at this in class but this will be good revision). What happens to plants if they do not get what they need. Activities:
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Worksheets for week commencing 5th July
Work for Friday 2nd July
Spelling Test
Could you please test the children on the spellings they were given last week and send us a picture of the results.
9:30 – 10:30 - Maths
Using all the key skills we’ve recapped this week we’ve got the return of Mrs Snape’s Friday maths quiz! Looking at all four operations, can you answer her questions? We’ll then be working on word problems from the worksheets independently.
11:00 - 12:00 – English
In the story we read yesterday, Mr Grinling doesn’t want anyone to help him. Think about the new skill you wrote about yesterday, who could Mr Grinling ask to help him with it? Write a letter as Mr Grinling asking for help to learn the skill. You could include what he has tried and how it has gone wrong.
1:30 – 2:30 – Topic
Today, we are going to learn about locks and their role along the canal. We’ll learn how locks work and look at an important, unique lock system on the Leeds and Liverpool canal. Complete the worksheet explaining how locks work and facts about them.
Links from zoom lesson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItqUBbgm9h0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fds2xC2dIJ4
http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/ll/bingleyfiverise.htm
See you then.
Worksheets for 2nd July
Work for Thursday 1st July
9:30 – 10:30 - Maths
Continuing with looking at the key skills needed in year 2, today we are going to look at multiplication and division. Like addition and subtraction, multiplication and division are inverse operations. Arrays can show us both multiplication and division calculations. Join us on zoom to explore more and complete the arrays worksheet.
11:00 - 12:00 – English
In the Lighthouse Keeper’s Tea, Mr Grinling tries to learn lots of new skills. Think of a new skill that Mr Grinling could try to learn. What could he do wrong and who comes to save him? Write a paragraph in the style of the story where Mr Grinling tries to learn something new.
1:30 – 2:30 - Topic
We are going to learn more about the Liverpool to Leeds canal. Join us on zoom as we learn about the history of our local canal. Then take a virtual tour on http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/ll/ll3.htm. Complete the worksheet telling us about 4 important historical areas of the canal and label where they are on the map.
Worksheets for 1st July
Work for Wednesday 30th June
Maths – We’ve been looking at our key skills in maths and would like the children to practise their addition and subtraction skills. There is a sheet of missing number problems to help show children the relationship between addition and subtraction. Children can either count on or subtract. The sheet has 2 levels so pick the one your child feels most comfortable with. If your child works with Mrs Perry or Mrs McLoughlin in maths they may wish to do the 1 star sheet, if they’re with me for maths they should be able to do the challenge of the 3 star one. Answers are included.
English – We’ve been reading the lighthouse keeper stories in school. Watch the youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjP2ZmLVd1U which tells the story of the Lighthouse Keepers Breakfast. After watching, write your own version of the story and post to classdojo.
Topic – We are learning about the history of canals. Watch BBC video about a journey on a canal -https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/canal-boat/zrbrkmn. Complete the worksheet drawing 4 things you could see on or around the towpath. Label what they are underneath.
Have a great day and hopefully we’ll see you tomorrow.
Worksheets for 30th June
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Week commencing Monday 1st March 2021
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English Complete the reading comprehension on The Owl and the Pussycat. There are three different versions – no need to do all three, just choose the one most appropriate to your child’s ability.
Maths Look at adding 2 two-digit numbers together. We can split our two-digit numbers like we did last week to make it easier for us.
There are 4 sets you only need to answer 1 set of questions. If the activity is a bit tricky start with adding a whole 10 eg. change 34 + 16 to 34 + 10.
There is an extension of playing a dice rolling game to add 2 numbers together. These could be a two-digit and a one-digit number or 2 two-digit numbers whatever is best for you.
DT Choose one of the root vegetable salad recipes. Follow your chosen recipe to make one of the root vegetable salads. Remember to follow the hygiene and safety rules discussed in the zoom lesson. Once you have made your root vegetable salad, complete the evaluation sheet.
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English Write your own version of The Owl and the Pussycat poem. Use the poem as a guide but change some of the words eg Instead of: The owl and the pussycat went to sea in a beautiful pea green boat. You could have: The peacock and the toad went to the cinema in a lovely purple carriage.
Maths Look at subtracting 2 two-digit numbers from each other. We can split our two-digit numbers like we did last week and yesterday to make it easier for us.
Complete the Scoring Point Activity Sheet (there are 3 versions you just need to do 1).
There is an extension of playing a dice rolling game to subtract 2 numbers from each other. These could be a two-digit and a one-digit number or 2 two-digit numbers whatever is best for you.
History Learn about what a family tree is and how it shows the members of your family.
Activity – Research your own family tree. You can use the sheets attached to support you.
Extension: Your parents might have done this and gone really far back. Are there any interesting people that are part of your family from years ago?
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English Write a Kenning poem about yourself, your pet, a member of your family or a friend. Remember that each line must only have two words on it and the second word must end with the suffix ‘er’.
Maths We’ll be looking to explain what help us check our work when adding or subtracting.
Complete inverse activity sheet. There are 3 versions of the worksheet you only have to answer 1.
PSHE Us starting back at school on 8th March is the start to the government lifting the lockdown. This will be a long process and it will take many months for us to get back to some normality. Looking forward, what things are you excited about being able to do again? Complete activity sheet
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English Today is World Book Day. Bring your favourite story to our zoom session. Then write a book review about it using the attached sheet. You can dress up as a character from a book for our zoom lesson, if you would like to!
Maths Solve word problems using the skills taught on Monday and Tuesday. Some of these we can do in our head but others will need notes to help solve them. Look at how we can display the questions to help us solve it.
Check your answer using the inverse skill.
There are 2 versions of the word problems: The standard version uses 2-digit numbers within 50. The challenge version uses some 3-digit numbers and crosses the 10s and 100s meaning that children will have to exchange units into tens eg. 230 – 82. This is tricky and will be difficult to do so only choose if your child is comfortable with these skills.
DT Design a healthy salad that you can make for your family to eat. Think carefully about what you will include. You could look through recipe books if you are struggling for ideas. It needs to look good (lots of colour), taste good and provide a balanced meal. How will you present it? (all mixed up in a bowl or arranged on a serving plate). What will you have with it to provide protein? (boiled eggs, fish, cheese, meat). Draw and label your design carefully. Then, make your salad for your family – it can be made later in the week if you need to buy ingredients!!
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English Following on from World Book Day, read your favourite book to your favourite soft toy. Who can find the most unusual place to read their story? Send in photos!!
Maths Quiz – 10 questions about addition and subtraction.
Handwriting Practise the joins taught in the Friday afternoon zoom session. |
Masked Reader Sheet - World Book Day
Monday DT Recipes
Documents for week commencing 1st March
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Week commencing Monday 22nd February, 2021
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English Write another two verses to the poem ‘Wrigglebum John’. You could do a verse about yourself, a friend or somebody else in your family. Or you could choose from the following: Football Fred, Chatterbox Joe, Sulky Sue, Karate Kate.
Maths Play snakes and ladders game (3 versions) using counting. These vary in difficulty so pick the one that suites your child best.
Music We’re going to listen to a song from the Caribbean. We’ll listen to 2 different versions and see what is different between each one. A lot of songs, like this one, tell a story. If this song is the beginning of the story what would be the end? You could write some sentences, draw a picture or send us a video with your ideas. Be as creative as you want.
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English Have fun reading the attached tongue twisters. Do you know any more? Can you find any more either on the internet or in your books at home? Choose your favourite and learn to say it quickly and accurately. If you wish to, record your ‘performance’ and post it on Class Dojo for us to see. Can you keep your face straight?!!
Maths Complete Place Value activity sheets (various versions). Extension available where the children write their own numbers.
DT Complete the root veg sorting activity. Look at the fruit and veg in your fridge – can you see where it comes from? Make a list and then look on a world map. Which item has travelled the furthest? Challenge – can you add up all the miles that your fruit bowl has travelled?
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English Write your own tongue twister based on Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Remember to use alliteration!
Maths Show 2 digit numbers in a variety of ways. This could be using household objects, tens and ones (units) drawings, bar method drawings or number shapes. Can you use more complex partitioning as shown in the lesson? Aim for a least 5 numbers shown in 2 different ways.
PSHE This month marks a year since we started having lockdowns to help lower the spread of coronavirus. Our lives have changed a lot in this last year and things we used to do are now restricted. This lesson will be linked to Boris Johnson’s announcement on Monday 22nd Feb and will include some of the following worksheets dependent on the message. There are also additional mindfulness colouring sheets that can be used by all the family.
UPDATE 23/2/21 Following Boris' announcement that schools will be open for all children from the 8th March we will be exploring our feelings around a wider return to school and any worries we may have around this. Complete the activity sheet about positive things that have happened during this last lockdown.
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English Read the poem ‘The Pobble Who Has No Toes’. Draw a picture of how you imagine the Pobble looks. Label the different parts of him, using adjectives eg long pointed nose, furry ears, knobbly knees, etc.
Maths Complete Greater than or less than activity sheets. There are different ones, some including addition needing to be completed before comparing. As a recap on money there is also an additional sheet comparing amounts and coins to recap money skills.
DT Have a tasting session! Taste a variety of fruits and vegetables. Try to taste some unusual fruits or vegetables that you have not tasted before eg pomegranates, sharon fruit, star fruit, watermelon, pineapple, sweet peppers, dried cranberries, peppery rocket, etc Describe the taste of each fruit or vegetable using adjectives such as: crunchy, sour, sweet, juicy, dry, soft, stringy, etc.
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English Write a paragraph saying what you think happened to the Pobble’s toes. Who took them and why?
Maths Quiz – 10 questions about place value. Additional: Using everything you’ve learned this week can you be the detective and solve the number cards? Explaining your answer can be tricky so try using some of the vocabulary to explain why you think a certain thing is right or not.
Handwriting Practise the joins taught in the Friday afternoon zoom session. |
Documents for Week Commencing 22nd Feb
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Week commencing Monday 8th February 2021
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English Re-read the story of the Three Horrid Pigs. Write a list of things that are the same and things that are different about this story and the original version of the Three Little Pigs. Maths Complete the ‘Colour by Division’ worksheet. Some of you may want to do all three! RE Choose one or more of the attached activities to complete: !. Write a few sentences to go with each of the Five Pillars of Islam, explaining what it is and why it is important to Muslims. 2. Choose one of the Five Pillars of Islam. Make a poster to explain what the pillar is and why it is important. 3.Cut out the pictures and stick them with the correct description of each of the Five Pillars.
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English Design an advert for the Wolf from yesterday’s story advertising his building skills. Make it as eye-catching as possible!! Maths ’Remainders ’ worksheet. Play the leftover game – there are three games available, each one a little trickier. Try your best! Art For our final sculpture, we thought it would be nice to do a re-cycled sculpture using any old boxes/plastic bottles/etc that you can find. There are a few pictures to give you ideas but feel free to make your own creation.
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English In this morning’s zoom lesson, we will be watching a video where the little pigs devise ways to protect their houses from the Big Bad Wolf. Your task is to imagine you are a pig and to think of a way to protect your house. Draw a plan and explain how it would work eg a huge hammer with a trip rope so that when the Wolf approaches the house, he trips the rope and gets hammered into the ground! Maths Complete the ‘Food Division Word Problems’ worksheet. Geography Create a poster to educate people about how they can help to ‘Save our Planet’.
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English Re-write the story of the Chinese New Year from the point of view of the cat. Maths Write at least three division word problems of your own. How tricky can you make them? And can you work out the answers?!! History Imagine you have gone back in time to a Victorian school. Write a short letter to your friend telling her/him what you saw there. You can illustrate it if you want to. |
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English Make a decoration for the Chinese New Year eg a lantern Write a set of instructions for the decoration that you made. There are a few ideas for decorations attached but feel free to make your own. Maths Complete the ‘2, 5 and 10 Division Challenge.’ Set a timer for 15 minutes, how many can you complete? Handwriting Practise the joins taught in the Friday afternoon zoom session. |
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Week commencing Monday 1st February, 2021
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English Contractions. Can you find at least ten words that are contractions? (eg can’t, didn’t, wouldn’t, I’m, they’ve, etc) Look for these words while you are doing your daily reading. Make sure you can spell them all and keep practising if you can’t! Maths Using the 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables, create arrays out of counters, lego, pennies etc. Can you write four number sentences for each. How many can you do?
Eg: xxxxx 2x5=10 10=2x5 xxxxx 5x2=10 10=5x2
Some of you may choose to create arrays using your knowledge of the 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 or even 12 times tables. Art Make an outdoor sculpture in the style of Andy Goldsworthy. Use only natural materials. The bigger the better!!
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English Design new houses for the Three Little Pigs. Think carefully about the materials you choose. The first house must be made from the weakest material and the third from the strongest. Label them and explain why each pig chose that particular material. Maths Complete the ‘Counting On and Back in 10s’ worksheet. For an extra challenge complete the ‘Lily Pad Numbers’ task. RE Looking at the worksheets, decide which Islamic motifs you like. Draw your ideas with pencil, then colour them in with felt tips or pencil crayons. Include a central motif, borders and intricate patterns. Try to capture the unique colours of these beautiful rugs.
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English Over the next two days, we are going to write our own version of the Three Little Pigs story. We will change it slightly by using different materials for houses (from yesterday). I would like the children to write up to the point where the pigs have built their own houses. If you wanted to, you could make it into a proper little book with a front cover and a blurb on the back. Maths Ask someone at home to test you on your 2, 5, and 10 times tables. Between 10 and 20 questions in total. Some of you may want to be tested on your 3, 4 and 6 times tables. Make sure you practise them first. Good luck! History This week we are thinking about the sort of games that Victorian children would play. See if you can make some of your own and play them. You could learn an old marble game, set up a tin-can alley that you have to knock down, chalk out a hopscotch grid and find out the proper rules for it, learn an old skipping song, etc. There are a few ideas in the attached Victorian games document if you are stuck but feel free to investigate (and play) your own! |
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English Finish the second part of the story you started yesterday. You can change the ending if you want to. Remember, we are looking for people who can use: contractions, conjunctions (but, so, because), question marks, exclamation marks, full stops and capital letters!! Maths 50 children were asked to name their favourite fruit. Here are the results: Apple - 10 Strawberries - 12 Banana - 8 Peach - 0 Orange - 4 Water melon - 4 Grapes - 8 Pineapple - 4
Complete the pictogram on the ‘Favourite Fruit’ worksheet. Take care! Geography Create your own rainforest in a shoe box. Follow the instructions on the worksheets provided. Label each layer of the rainforest and think about where you will position the animals. If you don’t have a suitable box, paint a beautiful rainforest and label each layer. Don’t forget to add the animals too! Have fun!
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English Re-watch the True Story of the Three Little Pigs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXUwONM-gVA Design a poster illustrating whether you think Mr Wolf is guilty (he deliberately killed the pigs) or not guilty (it was just an accident). Make your poster colourful and eye-catching with clear explanations as to why you think he is guilty or not guilty. Maths Can you write 3 multiplication word problems for someone in your family to solve. Your word problems may have more than one step, make them as tricky as you can! Handwriting Practise capital letters. They need to be twice the size of the small letters. Use the alphabet sheet provided and find a proper noun for each letter of the alphabet (names of people, countries, towns, cities, etc) Practise writing these names with capitals.
Extra Maths: ‘The Mystery at the Grand Portrait Gallery’. Can you solve all 5 clues? |
Week commencing 25th January 2021
This week we have added a few maths number challenges aimed at a handful of children who are completing the maths activities with some degree of ease. I must stress, that these challenges are optional and we are not expecting the children to complete any, or all, of them! However, if you wish to supplement the daily tasks with them, feel free!! There are some quite tricky ones that are aimed at lower junior children, so please don't worry if your child cannot complete them independently. I would ask, however, that you only post them on Dojo for us to mark if your child has completed the majority of the task unaided - it will help us to ascertain abilities.
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Week commencing Monday 25th January 2021 |
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English – traditional tales Make up some riddles about characters in traditional tales Eg I’m very ugly. I like to hide under bridges and my favourite food is goat pie! (Answer = the troll) If you have any traditional tales story books, have a read of them! Maths Clearly draw or write all of the different ways you can make 50p and £1 using the coins we have available in our currency. Think about which coins you could use. How many different combinations can you make? Eg: 20p+20p+10p= 50p 20p+20p+5p+2p+2p+1p=50p 10p+10p+10p+10p+10p=50p If your child finds this particularly easy, try a harder amount! RE Look at the Arabic word for Allah on the worksheet. Can you copy it accurately? How attractive can you make your image look? |
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English Complete the reading comprehension, The Three Little Pigs. There are 3 different versions that increase in difficulty. Most children should be aiming to complete the middle version but we will leave it up to you to decide – some of you may want to go easier or harder depending on the ability of your child. Please try to listen to your child read the story but then see if they can answer the questions independently. Maths Complete the Piggy Bank worksheet. How much money is in each Piggy Bank? Use real coins to help you count. Perhaps you could also draw a Piggy Bank of your own and tell me how much is in it. Art Create your own spiral sculpture based on the work of Andy Goldsworthy. |
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English Make your own simple puppets for the Three Little Pigs story. You can either print off the ones provided or have fun drawing your own. Then retell the story using your puppets. You may want to create a background with the houses drawn on or even an actual puppet theatre made from an old box! Maths Create your own little shop at home. Remember you are the shopkeeper, decide what you are going to sell and how much each item will cost. If you are confident with money you can make the prices a little higher. Can you buy two items and add up how much it will cost? Or even three items? Count out the coins carefully to pay for the items. Print off the worksheet of coins to cut out and use in your shop. Or maybe you have real/plastic coins at home that you could use. Have fun! Geography Imagine you have been transported on a magic carpet to a small village in Africa. Write a letter home about what you saw and what you did. You may want to draw/paint a picture too. |
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English Write a letter from one of the little pigs to the wolf. It must include questions that can be answered eg Why were you trying to catch me? Where are you now? Maths Using your shop from yesterday, continue buying items, but this time can you pay with a larger coin and work out how much change to give? History Complete the Venn Diagram activity. Choose yourself a Victorian name (Elsie, Enid, Nellie, Arthur, Albert, Donald, etc) and, using the Victorian alphabet, try writing your chosen name how they would have in Victorian times. You could choose names for all your family!! |
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English Write a reply to the Little Pig from the Wolf. It must include the conjunction ‘because’. Maths Can you solve the money word problem below? Think of at least 5 possible answers...maybe more! ‘Ben has 5 coins in his pocket. How much money might he have?’ Handwriting Practise the joins taught in the Friday afternoon zoom session. |
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Week commencing Monday 18th January 2021
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English Follow the instructions to make some origami animals.
Maths To complete the worksheet, ‘Read scales and record in kg’
Art Make your own edible sculpture using eg biscuits, toast, cheese,etc
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English Following the zoom lesson, write instructions on how to wash an animal/creature of your choice. Remember to use: A ‘how to’ title, a ’you will need’ section, numbers and bossy verbs.
Maths Estimate the mass in grams of two small items around the home. Which one is heaviest? Which one is lightest? Measure the mass of each on a set of scales. Compare and order using the less than and greater than symbols < and > eg. Chocolate bar (45g) < Banana (95g) Repeat with other pairs of objects.
RE Divide your page into 4. Draw and label 4 things you would see in a mosque. (shoe racks, prayer mats etc.)
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Maths With adult supervision, follow a simple baking recipe. Can you use the measuring scales accurately? The more accurate you are, the tastier your end result will be!
English Write instructions for the recipe you cooked in Maths. Remember to include all the features of instructions!
History Think about some good questions you could ask an older relative/person about their time at school. (eg What was your favourite thing about school? Did anyone get punished? Were the teachers scary? etc) Conduct a little interview with at least one elderly person. If you don’t have any grandparents, there may be an elderly neighbour you could ask but please don’t go knocking on doors (Lockdown!!) – use the telephone or write a letter!
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English During the zoom session, Ms Sumner is going to perform a simple magic trick! (Very simple!!) I would then like the children to follow my instructions to perform it themselves so if you could have a small cocktail stick (or toothpick type stick) and some sellotape handy that would be great. Please don’t ruin the surprise by telling the children!! The children can then write instructions on how to do the trick.
Maths Solve the following problem: If boiled sweets have a mass of 5g each, what could be the total mass of a bag of boiled sweets? Think of six different answers. Explain why you have chosen these numbers as your answers. Stephen says, “I can get 56g of boiled sweets.” Is he correct? Explain why.
Geography Create a short fact file about a continent of your choice. What is the climate like? What type of animals live there? etc. Include a few pictures/drawings too.
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English Have fun following instructions to perform magic tricks – there are a number of simple ones online that don’t require much equipment.
Maths Can you give examples of real life situations where the measuring of mass is important? Airport, Post Office, Sweet Shop. Also, practise weighing objects/items of food and reading the scales accurately. See if you can guess how heavy an object is before you weigh it.
Handwriting Practise the joins taught in the Friday afternoon zoom session. |
If any parents wish to practise some spellings with your child, we have uploaded the common exception words for both Year 1 and Year 2. These are the words that all children are expected to be able to spell by the end of Key Stage 1.
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Week commencing Monday 11th January 2021
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English Write your own verse to the Jack Frost poem, using similes from last week.
Maths Complete the worksheet ‘properties of 2D shapes’
RE Design your own mosque. Think about the features you want it to have and how grand it must look. Write a short sentence about Islam underneath it.
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English Look at the pictures of Jack Frost. Draw your own, then think of as many adjectives to describe Jack Frost as possible.
Maths Draw and colour a simple symmetrical butterfly. Can you see any symmetrical objects in your house or find any famous symmetrical buildings online? Have a look at the Taj Mahal in India.
Art Look at the pictures of unusual sculptures. Draw a picture of your favourite. What is it made from and why do you like it so much? Have a search on the internet for any other unusual sculptures and make a list of the materials they are made from.
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Wed |
English Using your work from yesterday, write a description of Jack Frost. Remember to use capital letters and full stops!!
Maths Go on a shape hunt and find some 3D shapes in your house. Can you name them?
History Following the zoom lesson on Victorian schools, see if you can make any of the items talked about. You could even set up your own Victorian school.
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Thurs |
English Write, and then perform, some verses to go with the simple poem: Who made the footprints in the snow? Who came along and where did they go? Each verse must have an adjective to describe the animal and say what it is doing out in the snow. Eg A shivering rabbit looking for food.
Maths Complete the worksheet ‘properties of 3D shapes’
Geography Clearly label the 7 continents and 5 oceans on the world map. Make sure you use capital letters for all these names. Colour each continent a different colour. Can you see which is the biggest continent and which is the smallest? Which continent do we live in?
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Frid |
English Write a letter about your snowman coming to life. Use time connectives (first, next, then, after that, finally, etc) to say what you did with your snowman. If you need any ideas, you could watch The Snowman film to help you.
Maths Build different 3D shapes out of lego or any other construction toy. Can you make a perfect cube? How many faces and vertices does it have?
Handwriting Practise the joins taught in the Friday afternoon zoom session. |
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Week commencing Monday 4th January 2021
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Wednesday |
English Write the numbers zero to nine and see how many words you can find to rhyme with each one. Keep them somewhere safe because you will need them for your English tomorrow.
Maths Choose at least ten 2-digit numbers and round them to the nearest ten.
History Look at the pictures of Victorian schoolrooms or find your own pictures on the internet. Think about our classroom at school. Make a list of all the things that are different between our classroom and a classroom in Victorian times.
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Thursday |
English Write your own rhyming poem based on ‘Ten White Snowmen’.
Maths Complete the maths sheet ‘representing number’. There are two sheets but you only need to complete the first sheet (unless you are really keen!)
Geography Go on Google Earth and find our school. Gradually zoom out until you can see the North of England. What places can you see that you have heard of or visited? Which are cities and which are towns? Keep zooming out until you can see the whole of the United Kingdom. Can you find the 4 countries that make up the UK? What are the capital cities of these countries and can you find them? Discuss North, South, East and West. If we were to visit London, which direction would you travel in? Choose other cities and ask similar questions.
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Friday |
English Go outside into your garden and take a picture of an icy scene. Write a description of your picture using similes.
Maths Complete the problem solving activity involving weights.
Handwriting Practise the joins taught in the Friday afternoon zoom session. |
Useful websites:
Discovery Education Espresso - you have been sent a username and password for this website. This site contains links and videos for all subjects.
www.getepic.com - you have been sent a password for this website. This contains additional reading materials.
www.topmarks.co.uk - there are lots of interactive games here. Children particularly enjoy the maths ones!
www.outoftheark.co.uk - there are lots of fantastic singing activities on this website.
Online Safeguarding for parents
We want everyone to keep safe during this time. Please can you continue to be mindful of your child’s use of the internet, especially of any social media apps and support them safely in keeping in touch digitally with their friends. Please encourage them to think about online safety rules as they learn and lots of these links can be found on our school website.
Links to Online Safeguarding Site:
We hope that you find this information useful and informative. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or queries through the following email address: year2@towngreen.lancs.sch.uk